'Disney D-Day Land' row over plan to open tourist attraction
Plans to create a permanent tourist attraction recounting the Normandy Landings in France have sparked warnings against turning the bloody Allied invasion into a "Disney-style", commercial "D-Day Land".
The idea was first mooted by Herve Morin, head of the Normandy regional council, who wanted to create a permanent site to mark the landings of June 6, 1944 in time for the 80th anniversary in 2024.
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